Katrina Kaif is an Indian model and film actress. She is one of the most famous and highest paid actresses in India. She is called the "golden girl of Bollywood". At the age of fourteen, Katrina became the winner of the Hawaiian beauty pageant. Her film career began in 2003 with the movie Boom. To date, Kaif has about forty film roles.
After winning a beauty contest, Kaif worked as a fashion model for some time, having signed a contract with one of the jewelry companies. After moving to England, Katrina received an invitation to a modeling agency, so she soon began to showcase the work of famous designers on the catwalk at London Fashion Week.
She did not think about the career of an actress until the director K. Gustat noticed her at one of the fashion shows. He invited the girl to shoot a picture of the joint production of England and India - "Boom". From that moment, Katrina's creative career in cinema began.
early years
The girl was born in the summer of 1983 in Hong Kong into a large family, where, in addition to her, there were seven more children. Katrina's father was engaged in business, and her mother was engaged in legal practice and charity.
A few years after the birth of Katrina, her parents divorced, her father left for the United States, so only mother was involved in raising children. The family moved a lot from place to place and lived in different cities and countries. Due to the fact that the children did not have a permanent place of residence, they studied mainly at home.
Young Katrina has been interested in creativity since childhood. She loved to invent and tell her loved ones incredible stories about adventures and travels. She liked cartoons and fairy-tale films, among which the most favorite were "Beauty and the Beast" and "Mary Poppins". Katrina was also very fond of music and tried to watch all the musicals that appeared on the television screen.
When the family settled in Hawaii for a while, the girl was already fourteen years old. It was there that the creative biography of the young beauty began. The girl applied to participate in a beauty contest and, having passed all the tests, became the winner. After signing a contract with a jewelry company, Katrina began to appear in commercials. A few years later, she went to London to build a modeling career in the British capital.
Film career
For the first time, Kaif began acting in films in 2003. She was invited to the lead role in the movie "Boom". To participate in the filming, the girl had to return to India. The debut was not successful for her. The audience did not like the film, but Katrina decided to continue working in the cinema.
Two years later, Katrina starred in several new projects. The role in the film "How I Loved" brought Katrina not only great success with the audience, but also the recognition of film critics. She was named the best actress of the year. In addition, Kaif received the prestigious Max Stardust Film Award. After that, the actress was invited to Bollywood.
Soon Katrina starred in several films at once: "Lightning Strike", "Premonition of Love", "Ring for an Actress". Her role in the film "Partner" brought her great success. It was a remake of the famous American comedy "The Rules of Removal: The Hitch Method". According to film critics and the media, the picture surpassed the original not only in terms of the acting, but also in terms of box office.
The next works of Katrina in the cinema were no less successful than the previous ones. She starred in the films: "Race", "King Singh", "New York", "An Amazing Story of a Strange Love", "The Path of Fire", "There Was One Tiger", "Obsession", "While I'm Alive", "Tiger alive "," Detective Jagga "," Bandits from the Hindostan ".
The actress has repeatedly won awards in Indian cinema, including: IIFA Awards, Zee Cine Award, Screen Award, Star Guild Awar, Zee Cine Awards.
Personal life
Katrina Kaif is not married. Fans of her talent are closely following the actress's personal life. In 2003, she started dating famous actor Salman Khan. Their romantic relationship lasted almost seven years, but it never came to a wedding. Katrina put her career ahead of her relationship with her lover. As a result, the couple broke up.
On the set of The Amazing Story of Strange Love, the girl met actor Ranbir Kapoor. The young man charmed the beauty, and soon there were rumors about their imminent wedding. But this relationship did not end with marriage. The couple broke up in 2016.